Article: Farmworker supporters criticize Senator Gramm's proposed guest.

Jan. 26, 2001

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 - Farmworker advocates are worried that a congressional plan to provide Mexican workers with temporary visas will

leave workers with no protection from poor working conditions.The program, known as the "U.S.A.-Mexico Guest Worker Program," is under consideration by Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, and would provide temporary labor for the agricultural and service industries.

Advocates are concerned the "guest worker" program will lack the kinds of labor protections that Congress has included in past agricultural guest worker legislation. Bruce Goldstein, co-executive director of the Farmworker Justice Fund, charges ...

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